Iglu Ski Expert Review

Chalet Pyrene is located just 2 minutes from the centre and 7 minutes’ walk to the ski lifts. The views from the balcony are fantastic with views out towards the biggest peaks in the Southern Alps. It is new build and a typical chalet size with good sized public areas, more space than your typical Val d’Isere or Meribel chalet.

Chalet Pyrene, Serre Chevalier

Perfectly positioned in the centre of Villeneuve, Pyrene is a wonderfull base for a week's skiing in Serre Chevalier with the ski lifts and pistes all within 7 minutes' walk of the chalet. This wooden chalet is full of character with an airy living area with feature fireplace, and huge picture windows leading out on to the south-facing balcony, perfect for relaxing on at the end of a day on the slopes. There is also a separate cosy lounge with a TV. The bedrooms are all clad in pine with feature beams and wooden furnishings. Two rooms have a third bed on a mezzanine area which is under the eaves (not suitable for a young child) and all rooms have modern bathrooms, most of them ensuite.

Meal - Chalet Pyrene, Serre Chevalier

Afternoon tea and coffee with a freshly baked cake (6 days per week, due to chalet staff's day off)

Breakfast service: Skiers' Breakfast is included 7 days per week (hot option is 6 days per week, due to chalet staff's day off)

Lunch service: none

Dinner service: 4-course dinners, including pre-dinner apèritif, choice of complimentary wines with dinner followed by tea/coffee & chocolates. Special celebratory dinners on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve. (Dinner is 6 days per week, due to chalet staff's day off).

We serve a separate High Tea at 5:30pm for children aged 11 years and under with an appropriate menu. Unless children are part of an ‘exclusive use’ whole-chalet booking in chalets, it is not possible for children aged 11 years and under to eat at the adult sitting.

However, where children aged 11 years and under are part of an ‘exclusive use’ whole-chalet booking, parents may elect for their children to eat with them at the adult meal times on payment per child per week supplement.

Customer Reviews

Chalet Pyrene Reviews

(1 Review)

Take your slippers - 11/35/2013

Overall

We stayed in the Pyrene at the end of January and overall enjoyed our stay. The food and staff in particular were very good. Our room would best be described as compact and it was just as well we had a mezzanine because bag storage would have been difficult otherwise. I wouldn't have wanted to sleep up there though. There wasn't a coat hook to be seen anywhere, so if your gear gets wet you could have a problem.
All the floors are tiled, with no rugs or mats and they were very cold, so cold that condensation formed on the en-suite floor (hence the title of this review).
The boot and ski storage is in the entrance lobby which is again very cold, so take the inner boots into your room at night. Ideally the garage could be used as a boot room as it's at road level but the owners car is in there along with all the provisions.
The chalet location is described in Inghams brochure as 3 minutes (300m)from the nearest lift. The reality is a good ten minutes walking in ski boots and you have to negotiate the main road (expect some traffic noise in some rooms).